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At 6-foot-4, Jones was the prototype of the tall guard who could run the floor and bang the boards, and had a rangy offensive game that gave opponents fits. One of the "Jones Boys" in Boston, Sam teamed with K. C. Jones in the Celtics' backcourt to create havoc in NBA arenas around the country. [3] [16] [17]
In 43 regular season starts, he averaged 24.6 points and 4.6 assists. [82] Overall, his minutes dropped from 30 per game in the regular season to 21.8 in the playoffs, and his scoring fell from 20.4 in the regular season to 10.3 in the postseason, [ 93 ] when he made just 34.1% of his overall shots and 25.4% of 3-point attempts.
Bill Russell won 11 championships with the Boston Celtics, an NBA record. The following is a list of National Basketball Association (NBA) players who won the most championships. The NBA is a major professional basketball league in North America. It was founded in 1946 as the Basketball Association of America (BAA). [1]
A tough-minded 6'4" guard from the University of Hawaii, Henderson was first selected by the San Antonio Spurs in the 1973 American Basketball Association undergraduate draft before being selected by the Atlanta Hawks in the first round of the 1974 NBA draft. [1]
As of 2024, the Eastern champions have a 41–36 advantage in NBA titles over the Western champions, with their most recent being the Boston Celtics who have won 18 titles, the most of any team in the league. [15]
They would later win the NBA Finals that season following them beating the Boston Celtics 3–1 and winning all of their home games against the Fort Wayne Pistons to win 4–3 for their first NBA Finals championship (and only one while under the Syracuse Nationals name).
The Celtics defeated Dallas 4-1 in the NBA Finals, ... Mykhailiuk becomes the eighth Jayhawk to play for head coach Bill Self and then win an NBA title. The 6-foot-7, 205-pound wing joins Wayne ...
The most seasons played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) by a player listed at 5 feet 6 inches (168 cm) or shorter was 14 seasons by Muggsy Bogues who played from 1987 to 2001. The shortest player ever in the old American Basketball Association (1967–76) was Penny Ann Early , a 5-foot-3-inch (160 cm) jockey who took part in one ...